Parish History and Mission StatementSaint Joseph Parish traces its history to the late 1880s when local farm families donned their Sunday best to worship once a month in the old Meany house which still stands near Brookfield's "Four Corners." We were, however, a mission of Saint Francis Xavier Parish in New Milford, CT, until 1941. With $8500 borrowed from the Archdiocese of Hartford, our first pastor, Father Patrick Quinlan purchased a furnished rectory on Long Meadow Hill Road, and land for the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes which fronted on Whisconier Road (Route 25) behind the rectory. The second pastor, Father Victor Piaskowski, succeeded Father Quinlan in 1945, and began dreaming of a school. The present facility opened with five grades in 1958, and added a grade each year until all eight grades were functioning. A chapel built under the school gymnasium became the first "church" on the current parish grounds. In the mid-1980s, a fund raising drive was launched to build a stand-alone church building. The present Saint Joseph Church was dedicated in April 1992.
Mission Statement
We, the members of Saint Joseph Parish, are an open and inviting "community of small communities" who seek to help one another follow Christ with deeper commitment ... encourage one another to respond to the call of the Holy Spirit to live the Gospel by living lives in imitation of Jesus Christ ... and who foster an understanding that our Parish is a family-like community, in a very real sense. Just as the members of a traditional family care for one another -- sharing one another's joys and sorrows -- we likewise are concerned for the spiritual development, formation and well-being of all our fellow parishioners. These beliefs are central to who we are as a People of God and why we exist as a Church. Through the intercession of Saint Joseph, patron of our Parish, we dedicate all we do for the glory and honor of God our Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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